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Happy Friday! In this week's headlines... ✴️ The American Enterprise Institute is out with a paper arguing that Golden Dome could cost much more than projected - without accomplishing its stated goals... ✴️ President Trump is set to reclassify heavy drones as missiles to enable more international sales of US drones... ✴️ The Army is a launching a VC-style acquisition program to accelerate the development of emerging technologies for warfighters... ✴️ The Navy Surface Warfare Center is deploying augmented reality repair kits that are saving time and money on shipboard repairs... ✴️ War on the Rocks breaks down what differing House and Senate versions of the 2026 NDAA tell us about their divergent approaches to national defense... ✴️ And the Defense Production Act (DPA) is up for renewal this month, and the Hudson Institute has recommendations for making it more effective. PLUS... call for papers and panels is now open for "Accelerating Warfighting Capabiltiies," our 23rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium and Innovation Summit: https://lnkd.in/enuGD_j9 All that (plus a bunch more) in this week's edition of the NEED TO KNOW newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dziFJEE Enjoy! #acquisition #defense #news | Department of Defense Management at Naval Postgraduate School